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What is the Maker Movement? “third industrial revolution” “everyone a maker” - forbes, wired, huffington post are calling the maker movement the “third industrial revolution” - new, cheap easy-to-learn software and hardware tools open the door to innovation and creativity - “everyone a maker”
Makerspaces or hackerspaces
Maker Faire - Maker Faire is popularizing the movement - Maker Faire is an event created by Make magazine to "celebrate arts, crafts, engineering, science projects and the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) mindset". - first in 2006 in San Mateo - 20,000 visitors
Tools 3D printers laser cutters CNC machines Arduinos Raspberry Pis
3D Printing
3D printed record
Arduinos open-source tools for building electronics projects - hardware - software
Arduino - examples
Arduino - examples
Hardware Startups “hardware is the new software” nest MYO armband more investment and incubators, rapid-prototyping
Maker Demographics - Salon News 8/10 male media age - 44 “3D printing may spark a new Industrial Revolution. But that doesn't mean prosperity for all.” - Salon News 8/10 male media age - 44 average income - $106,000 97% college graduates
2nd fastest growing occupation 3 million unfilled jobs in 2020 STEM 2nd fastest growing occupation 3 million unfilled jobs in 2020 18% women 12% minorities - Occupations in STEM fields are the second-fastest growing in the nation, just behind health care, - in the next decade, we going to add over 9 mollion STEM-related jobs, ⅓ of which are projected to be unfilled if we don’t ramp up STEM education. - 18% of science and engineering degrees are awarded to women
MakerState Bringing the Maker Movement to the classroom
MakerState hands-on, mastery-based STEAM learning copious amounts of research, experience, and common sense shows that hands-on, experiential learning is the best way to engage students.
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